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Adams Administration’s Bus Lane Shortcomings Are Worse Than We Originally Thought
The city's failure to make life better for bus riders is worse than you knew.
February 15, 2023
Adams Administration Misses Key Street Safety Reporting Deadline
The Adams administration blew past its deadline to give a required progress update on a five-year plan to build hundreds of miles of new bike and bus lanes — heightening advocate concerns after the city failed to meet the plan's benchmarks in 2022.
February 10, 2023
MTA Boss: City Must Meet Its ‘Commitment’ to Bus Lanes This Year
A promise made has to be a promise kept.
January 31, 2023
‘Disgraceful’: Adams Administration’s Failure to Reach Bus Lane Requirement Angers Bus Riders
“The fact that they barely got over half of the way there, that’s disgraceful. To me, that means that they didn’t try,” said one passenger.
January 9, 2023
Eric Adams in 2022: Big Words, Lots of Swagger, Modest Accomplishments — An Analysis
To paraphrase one of Mayor Adams's popular predecessors, how's he doin'?
December 29, 2022
BREAKING: DOT Will Not Reach Required Bike and Bus Lane Requirements This Year
The Department of Transportation has finally confirmed Streetsblog's earlier reporting: It will not build the 30 miles of new protected bike lane and 20 miles of dedicated bus lanes required by law this year.
December 27, 2022
Fifth Time’s the Charm? Advocates Wary of City’s Latest Talk of Redesigning the Ritzy Avenue
More than two years since the city first proposed a redesign of Fifth Avenue that included a car-free busway, Mayor Adams on Sunday announced a “major new visioning process to reimagine” the world-famous Manhattan corridor with improved pedestrian and cycling space, and expanded sidewalks. Huh.
December 20, 2022
DOT Promises Bus Improvements on Livingston St., Downtown Brooklyn’s Placard Abuse Epicenter
Bus speeds for the four routes going through that stretch are as low as 5.7 miles-per-hour, slower than the borough-wide average.
December 19, 2022
State Pols Reveal ‘Urgent And Necessary’ Plan To Fund Free MTA Buses
Two Queens state lawmakers revealed a financing plan for free buses in New York City on Wednesday, staking out their spot before Albany's budget dance starts in January next year.
December 14, 2022
DOT Expects to Miss Targets for New Bus Lanes, Sources Say
The dim outlook on new lanes is bad news for the city’s more-than-one-million daily bus riders, whose commutes inch along at just 8 miles per hour on average across the city.
December 12, 2022
